Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan 9780824862381
Enduring Identities is an attempt to understand the continuing relevance of Shinto to the cultural identity of contempor
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English Pages 336 [335] Year 2000
Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONVENTIONS
chapter 1. OPENING ORIENTATIONS
chapter 2. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The Very Modern Practice of Visiting a Shinto Shrine
chapter 3. TOWARD AN IDEOLOGY OF SACRED PL ACE
chapter 4. KAMO MEMORIES AND HISTORIES
chapter 5 WARDEN VIRTUOSO SALARYMAN PRIEST The Roles of Religious Specialists in Institutional Perspective
chapter 6. PERFORMING RITUAL
chapter 7. KAMIGAMO’S YEARLY RITUAL CYCLE
CONCLUSION
appendix 1. SYMBOLS, PAVILIONS, AND SIGNS AT KAMIGAMO SHRINE
appendix 2 .KAMO-AFFILIAT E D S H R I N E S I N JAPAN
NOTES
select character glossary
WORKS CITED
INDEX
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONVENTIONS
chapter 1. OPENING ORIENTATIONS
chapter 2. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The Very Modern Practice of Visiting a Shinto Shrine
chapter 3. TOWARD AN IDEOLOGY OF SACRED PL ACE
chapter 4. KAMO MEMORIES AND HISTORIES
chapter 5 WARDEN VIRTUOSO SALARYMAN PRIEST The Roles of Religious Specialists in Institutional Perspective
chapter 6. PERFORMING RITUAL
chapter 7. KAMIGAMO’S YEARLY RITUAL CYCLE
CONCLUSION
appendix 1. SYMBOLS, PAVILIONS, AND SIGNS AT KAMIGAMO SHRINE
appendix 2 .KAMO-AFFILIAT E D S H R I N E S I N JAPAN
NOTES
select character glossary
WORKS CITED
INDEX
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- John K. Nelson
